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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Niall McVeigh

Steven Gerrard, Aston Villa and a stepping stone to oblivion

Steven Gerrard watches the door marked Do One swing open at Aston Villa.
Steven Gerrard watches the door marked Do One swing open at Aston Villa. Photograph: Ashley Western/Colorsport/Shutterstock

OH, $TEVIE!

On Thursday night, Aston Villa solemnly marched Steven Gerrard through a hastily-assembled door marked Do One outside Craven Cottage. It was a bittersweet moment for The Fiver – on one hand, Villa getting it done on Thursday has vastly improved our prospects of being in the pub by lunchtime. On the other, this is – believe it or not – supposed to be a light-hearted email, cracking wise at football’s foibles. But at the end of the day, a man’s lost his job. What’s funny about that?

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